Exploring Strategies to Overcome the EFL Students’ Problems in Online Learning during COVID-19 at 11th Grade of Sekolah Menengah Atas Katolik (SMAK) Satya Cendika Jember.

ANDINI NAILATUS, SARIFAH (2021) Exploring Strategies to Overcome the EFL Students’ Problems in Online Learning during COVID-19 at 11th Grade of Sekolah Menengah Atas Katolik (SMAK) Satya Cendika Jember. Undergraduate thesis, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training English Education Program.

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Andini Nailatus Sarifah, 2021. Exploring Strategies to Overcome the EFL Students’ Problems in Online Learning during COVID-19 at 11th Grade of Sekolah Menengah Atas Katolik (SMAK) Satya Cendika Jember. Key Words: Students’ problems, Online Learning, Learning Strategies This research explored EFL students’ problems in online learning during COVID-19 and the strategies to overcome them. The pandemic situation makes education change into online learning method. The EFL students in SMAK Satya Cendika Jember got problems when doing online learning because it was new. It made the students and the teacher got problems adapting the teaching and learning process using online learning. Therefore, the researcher conducted this study at this school because she wanted to know the EFL students’ problems in online learning also the strategies used by both students and the teacher to overcome those problems, specifically. The objectives of this research were to describe the EFL students’ problems in online learning and the strategies used by both students and the teacher to overcome those problems. This research used qualitative descriptive. It was conducted at SMAK Satya Cendika Jember in 11th Grade. The participants were 35 students. A purposeful sampling technique was used to choose 10 students as the subject in this research. The data were gathered by observation, interview, and document review. Method and data source triangulation were used to validate data. The result of this research revealed that several EFL students had problems in online learning and strategies to overcome them. The problems involved internal and external problems. 1) The internal problems were divided into three categories they were; intelligence, interest, and motivation. Intelligence factors were; difficulty in pronunciation, difficulty in understanding the theory, difficulty in grammatical structures, difficulty in listening comprehension. Interest factors were; misunderstanding the materials, difficulty in doing assignments. Motivation factors were; lazy, bored. 2) The external factors were; technology and pedagogical E-learning. Besides, 3) The strategies used to overcome the problems were; checking the dictionary, browsing the materials, asking friends and relatives, repeating materials, making schedules, doing some hobbies, using the other applications, and using internet packages. This research concluded that EFL students’ problems in online learning could obstruct teaching and learning process in online learning. Thus, the strategies are needed to ease the EFL students in doing online learning.

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